Les jardins de l’écoumène inc.
10 acres en production acres2855 chemin de l'écoumène, St-Damien, QC, J0K 2E0Jean-François Lévêque
The physical, biological and chemical health of soils.
Products
- Vegetable and herb seeds
Regenerative Practices
- Minimize soil disturbance
- Minimum-till
- Strip till
- Keep the soil covered and maintain living roots year-round
- Cover crops
- Organic mulch
- Plastic mulch
- Intercropping
- Protect and enhance biodiversity
- Companion cropping
- Diverse crop rotations
- Pollinator buffers
- Habitat conservation/creation/restoration
- Optimize input use
- Compost
- Biostimulants
- Minimal to no use of synthetic pesticides
- Minimal to no use of synthetic fertilizers
- Preserve and restore natural ecosystems
- Maintain living roots year-round (agroforestry and perennials)
- Perennial crops (grasslands)
- Windbreaks
- Riparian buffers
- Native perennial vegetation conservation
- Improve water cycles
- Wetland restoration
Observations
- Improved soil structure
- Reduced soil compaction and elimination of soil crusting.
- Improved soil nutrient cycling has been observed.
- Our agroforestry systems show a better regulation of species populations.
- The increased carbon content in our soils through the addition of biochar which also brings better water retention.
- The increase in the presence of soil organisms.
- A general improvement of the health of the soils.
- A better control of the runoff and the retention of water.
Certifications
- Organic (Certifié par Québec Vrai)
How to buy
- At our 220 retailers across Quebec, on our online store www.ecoumene.com, at our horticultural store in St Damien (2855 chemin de l'écoumène) and at seed events from the end of January until March.
